"Wow, (expletive) this guy brings a damn raccoon into the McDonald's," said Chris Brooks on the cell phone video clip.

"I'm standing at the counter, guy comes in yelling, 'Help, help," said Brooks told the station.

Brooks and other customers were shocked to see what the man was holding.

"I didn't know if the raccoon was dead or alive, my thought was to get out of the way," Brooks added.

The video shows someone in the restaurant removing the bloody animal and dumping it in a trash can outside.

The Department of Environmental Health said the restaurant was closed for five hours while the dining room was disinfected. Officials say it is now safe.

"We want to assure the public that McDonald's addressed the problem appropriately. They cleaned it, sanitized it which is the main thing for us," said Stephanie Cushing, director of Environmental Health.

Officers confronted the homeless man who brought the raccoon in, gave him a mental health evaluation and determined he did not need to be detained.